linux-stable.git/drivers/md/md.c, branch v4.2.4

md: use kzalloc() when bitmap is disabled

2015-08-03T04:56:02+00:00

In drivers/md/md.c get_bitmap_file() uses kmalloc() for creating a
mdu_bitmap_file_t called "file".

5769         file = kmalloc(sizeof(*file), GFP_NOIO);
5770         if (!file)
5771                 return -ENOMEM;

This structure is copied to user space at the end of the function.

5786         if (err == 0 &&
5787             copy_to_user(arg, file, sizeof(*file)))
5788                 err = -EFAULT

But if bitmap is disabled only the first byte of "file" is initialized
with zero, so it's possible to read some bytes (up to 4095) of kernel
space memory from user space. This is an information leak.

5775         /* bitmap disabled, zero the first byte and copy out */
5776         if (!mddev->bitmap_info.file)
5777                 file->pathname[0] = '\0';

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Randazzo 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

Merge tag 'md/4.2-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md

2015-07-25T18:24:58+00:00

Pull md fixes from Neil Brown:
 "Some md fixes for 4.2

  Several are tagged for -stable.
  A few aren't because they are not very, serious or because they are in
  the 'experimental' cluster code"

* tag 'md/4.2-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md:
  md/raid5: clear R5_NeedReplace when no longer needed.
  Fix read-balancing during node failure
  md-cluster: fix bitmap sub-offset in bitmap_read_sb
  md: Return error if request_module fails and returns positive value
  md: Skip cluster setup in case of error while reading bitmap
  md/raid1: fix test for 'was read error from last working device'.
  md: Skip cluster setup for dm-raid
  md: flush ->event_work before stopping array.
  md/raid10: always set reshape_safe when initializing reshape_position.
  md/raid5: avoid races when changing cache size.

md: Return error if request_module fails and returns positive value

2015-07-24T03:37:51+00:00

request_module() can return 256 (process exited) in some cases,
which is not as specified in the documentation before the
request_module() definition. Convert the error to -ENOENT.

The positive error number results in bitmap_create() returning
a value that is meant to be an error but doesn't look like one,
so it is dereferenced as a point and causes a crash.

(not needed for stable as this is "experimental" code)
Fixes: edb39c9deda8 ("Introduce md_cluster_operations to handle cluster functions")
Signed-off-By: Goldwyn Rodrigues 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: flush ->event_work before stopping array.

2015-07-22T04:09:29+00:00

The 'event_work' worker used by dm-raid may still be running
when the array is stopped.  This can result in an oops.

So flush the workqueue on which it is run after detaching
and before destroying the device.

Reported-by: Heinz Mauelshagen 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org (2.6.38+ please delay 2 weeks after -final release)
Fixes: 9d09e663d550 ("dm: raid456 basic support")

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2015-07-05T02:36:06+00:00

Pull more vfs updates from Al Viro:
 "Assorted VFS fixes and related cleanups (IMO the most interesting in
  that part are f_path-related things and Eric's descriptor-related
  stuff).  UFS regression fixes (it got broken last cycle).  9P fixes.
  fs-cache series, DAX patches, Jan's file_remove_suid() work"

[ I'd say this is much more than "fixes and related cleanups".  The
  file_table locking rule change by Eric Dumazet is a rather big and
  fundamental update even if the patch isn't huge.   - Linus ]

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (49 commits)
  9p: cope with bogus responses from server in p9_client_{read,write}
  p9_client_write(): avoid double p9_free_req()
  9p: forgetting to cancel request on interrupted zero-copy RPC
  dax: bdev_direct_access() may sleep
  block: Add support for DAX reads/writes to block devices
  dax: Use copy_from_iter_nocache
  dax: Add block size note to documentation
  fs/file.c: __fget() and dup2() atomicity rules
  fs/file.c: don't acquire files->file_lock in fd_install()
  fs:super:get_anon_bdev: fix race condition could cause dev exceed its upper limitation
  vfs: avoid creation of inode number 0 in get_next_ino
  namei: make set_root_rcu() return void
  make simple_positive() public
  ufs: use dir_pages instead of ufs_dir_pages()
  pagemap.h: move dir_pages() over there
  remove the pointless include of lglock.h
  fs: cleanup slight list_entry abuse
  xfs: Correctly lock inode when removing suid and file capabilities
  fs: Call security_ops->inode_killpriv on truncate
  fs: Provide function telling whether file_remove_privs() will do anything
  ...

Merge tag 'md/4.2' of git://neil.brown.name/md

2015-06-29T18:10:56+00:00

Pull md updates from Neil Brown:
 "A mixed bag

   - a few bug fixes
   - some performance improvement that decrease lock contention
   - some clean-up

  Nothing major"

* tag 'md/4.2' of git://neil.brown.name/md:
  md: clear Blocked flag on failed devices when array is read-only.
  md: unlock mddev_lock on an error path.
  md: clear mddev->private when it has been freed.
  md: fix a build warning
  md/raid5: ignore released_stripes check
  md/raid5: per hash value and exclusive wait_for_stripe
  md/raid5: split wait_for_stripe and introduce wait_for_quiescent
  wait: introduce wait_event_exclusive_cmd
  md: convert to kstrto*()
  md/raid10: make sync_request_write() call bio_copy_data()

drivers/md/md.c: use strreplace()

2015-06-26T00:00:40+00:00

There's no point in starting over when we meet a '/'.  This also
eliminates a stack variable and a little .text.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes 
Acked-by: NeilBrown 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

md: clear Blocked flag on failed devices when array is read-only.

2015-06-25T07:16:49+00:00

The Blocked flag indicates that a device has failed but that this
fact hasn't been recorded in the metadata yet.  Writes to such
devices cannot be allowed until the metadata has been updated.

On a read-only array, the Blocked flag will never be cleared.
This prevents the device being removed from the array.

If the metadata is being handled by the kernel
(i.e. !mddev->external), then we can be sure that if the array is
switch to writable, then a metadata update will happen and will
record the failure.  So we don't need the flag set.

If metadata is externally managed, it is upto the external manager
to clear the 'blocked' flag.

Reported-by: XiaoNi 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: unlock mddev_lock on an error path.

2015-06-25T07:14:09+00:00

This error path retuns while still holding the lock - bad.

Fixes: 6791875e2e53 ("md: make reconfig_mutex optional for writes to md sysfs files.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org (v4.0+)
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: clear mddev->private when it has been freed.

2015-06-25T07:14:09+00:00

If ->private is set when ->run is called, it is assumed to be
a 'config'  prepared as part of 'reshape'.

So it is important when we free that config, that we also clear ->private.
This is not often a problem as the mddev will normally be discarded
shortly after the config us freed.
However if an 'assemble' races with a final close, the assemble can use
the old mddev which has a stale ->private.  This leads to any of
various sorts of crashes.

So clear ->private after calling ->free().

Reported-by: Nate Clark 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org (v4.0+)
Fixes: afa0f557cb15 ("md: rename ->stop to ->free")
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown